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Welcome to your ultimate source of alternative therapy books! If you’re looking to download free books on alternative therapies, you’ve come to the right place.

Here you’ll find a wide selection of titles and resources to help you explore and understand this fascinating world of healing and wellness. From acupuncture and homeopathy to meditation and aromatherapy, we have something for every interest and experience level.

Are you a beginner in alternative therapies? Don’t worry, as you delve into the reading, you’ll discover the wealth of knowledge that these therapies can offer.

If you’re already an enthusiast or practitioner of alternative therapies, our digital library features a broad range of advanced books to expand your skills and knowledge.

Don’t wait any longer, dive into our collection of alternative therapy books and discover the power of holistic healing.

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1) Acupuncture Books

Acupuncture Books

Acupuncture consists of inserting very fine needles into the skin at strategic points on the body. Acupuncture, a key component of traditional Chinese medicine, is often used to treat pain. It is increasingly used to improve general well-being, such as to manage stress.

To understand how it works, it must first be understood that many acupuncture points are located near nerves and when stimulated send signals to the spinal cord and brain. As a result, chemical mediators – such as endorphins and others involved in pain modulation and providing a sense of well-being – are released that improve quality of life. It also has an anti-inflammatory effect and improves muscle contractions.

The World Health Organization (WHO) approves the performance of acupuncture, as there are clinical studies and research that demonstrate its benefit.

2) Apitherapy Books

Apitherapy Books

Apitherapy is an alternative therapy based on elements from bee hives to prevent and cure various diseases. Elements such as honey, royal jelly, bee bread, wax, propolis, bee venom, drone larvae, whole bees, hive air, or pollen are used.

Its star product is apitoxin, the poison found in the sting of the bee which, when applied in very small and localized doses, can help to improve people’s wellbeing, as long as they are not allergic to this substance.

Among the diseases usually treated with apitherapy are arthrosis, arthritis, osteoporosis, chronic pain, neuropathies, cancer, viral infections, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune diseases, among others.

3) Aromatherapy Books

Aromatherapy Books

Aromatherapy is a therapeutic discipline that uses the properties of essential oils extracted from aromatic plants to restore balance and harmony to the body and mind for the benefit of our health and beauty.

Aromatherapy does not replace traditional medicine but accompanies it and makes its effects faster and more lasting because they reach the emotional root by awakening our own healing energies. It helps to eliminate the unpleasant or toxic effects of the necessary allopathic treatments. It harmonizes and strengthens us to put «on our side» the necessary energy for healing.

Aromatherapy, as it is known today, took off at the beginning of the 20th century by the hand of the French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé, who studied the effects of essential oils on many kinds of diseases and was the one who coined the term aromatherapy.

4) Auriculotherapy Books

Auriculotherapy Books

Auriculotherapy is a rehabilitation technique derived from Chinese medicine. This technique is responsible for activating specific points of the auricle and the ear to generate a sensation that favors and balances certain functions of the body and the organism.

For the moment there is no scientific evidence of its effectiveness, so it is considered a pseudoscience and, as such, it is part of the multiple disciplines that make up alternative medicine.

According to the advocates of this practice, the connection between the external part of the ear and each of the parts of the body means that thanks to auriculotherapy a wide variety of problems can be solved. Its most common uses are the relief of chronic pain, detoxification of addictive drugs, relief of nausea and control of hypertension.

5) Ayurveda Books

Ayurveda Books

“Ayur” means life and “veda” means knowledge. Thus, Ayurveda is the science of life. It is one of the traditional medical practices of India and has been formally recognized as a professional medical system by the WHO. In fact, Ayurvedic medicine coexists with allopathic (traditional) medicine and they not only complement and integrate each other, but to become an Ayurvedic doctor, 5 years of training are required.

Ayurvedic medicine sees health as more than the absence of disease. The sages of the time had an intuitive understanding of physiology and the integrated functioning of mind-body-spirit that, long before the emergence of modern medicine, already explained the basic principles of Ayurveda.

Ayurvedic medicine is adapted to the constitution of each person. With diet, massage, medicinal plants, yoga and meditation it can prevent and treat all kinds of health problems.

6) Bach Flower Books

Bach Flower Books

Bach Flowers are a series of natural essences used to treat various emotional situations, such as fears, loneliness, despair, stress, depression and obsessions. They were discovered by Edward Bach between 1926 and 1934.

Dr. Bach was a great researcher, as well as a physician and homeopath. He experimented with several wild flowers from Wales in Great Britain, where he was a native, until he found 38 natural remedies, each with healing properties for different emotional problems. These 38 flowers are called Bach Flowers.

His theory was that physical illnesses have an emotional origin, and that if emotional conflicts persist for a long time, the illness of the body begins to appear. However, by restoring emotional balance, physical illness is resolved.

7) Biodescodification Books

Biodescodification Books

Biodecoding is an alternative medicine proposal that tries to find the metaphysical origin of diseases, or their emotional meaning, to find from there the way to heal.

All disease has an emotional or metaphysical origin, that is, it is caused by some type of feeling that does not manifest itself as such, and that is why it is projected on the physical plane of the body. Biodecoding does not replace other types of therapies or treatments, but rather complements them.

With each of the biodecoding techniques, stress, allergies as well as various problems of emotional origin can be reduced under the help of a specialized therapist who seeks to provide the necessary comfort in all the features that a disease affects and thus overcome the consequent conflicts of the same.

8) Bioenergetics Books

Bioenergetics Books

Bioenergetics is a trend of psychotherapy that helps the awareness and flow of our blocked life energy in our body. Most of the time, these tensions or blockages have their origin in the unmet emotional needs of each person and how our body adapts to this over a lifetime.

The bioenergetic dynamics help the blocked energy in our organism to flow, allowing us to bring out aspects of ourselves that are often forgotten or repressed in order to recover the energy that remained stagnant and therefore regain vitality.

Bioenergetics finds its origins in Wilhelm Reich’s vegetotherapy and in psychoanalysis, since he was a disciple of Freud. From the bioenergetics Reich describes the character as the habitual and fixed way of reaction of the individual before conflictive situations similar to those that were presented during the childhood.

9) Chi Kung Books

Chi Kung Books

Chi Kung (also written Qigong) is an art of Chinese origin whose objective is to know, use and optimize the energy system of the human body as understood by Traditional Chinese Medicine. Just as acupuncture does with needles, so does Chi Kung through movement, breathing, and visualizations.

It belongs to the same group as other therapies such as Tai Chi or Reiki. All of them come from the oriental tradition and sustain their principles in the importance of canalizing in an adequate way the vital energy (Qi) through the different meridians that run through our body.

The essence of Chi Kung or qi gong is the harmonic synchronization of the three vital processes, that is, body, mind (heart) and breath. The Eastern tradition refers to these three processes as the “three treasures”.

10) Chinese Medicine Books

Chinese Medicine Books

Traditional Chinese medicine, which originated more than 2,000 years ago, is based on the philosophy that disease is a consequence of the inadequate flow of vital energy (qi). The circulation of qi is restored by balancing the opposing forces of yin and yang, which manifest in the body as cold and heat, internal and external, and deficiency and excess.

Research in China and around the world has shown that traditional Chinese medicine is useful for many types of diseases. Because traditional Chinese medicine differs from Western medical practice in its diagnostic and treatment methods, it is difficult to apply Western scientific standards to it.

Traditional Chinese medicine doctors look at the balance of body, mind, and spirit to determine how to restore qi, the balance of yin and yang, and good health.

11) Chiropractic Books

Chiropractic Books

As always, we strive to provide you with information of real interest for your general knowledge, which is why we bring you a collection of free chiropractic books in PDF format.

Chiropractic treatment is a way to alleviate health problems that interfere with the muscles, nerves, bones, and joints of the body.

With the help of a chiropractor, pain, tension, contractures, sports performance, and sleep disorders are reduced; you can read this and much more in our texts.

12) Energy Healing Books

Energy Healing Books

Energy healing means reconnecting with the source of vital energy and its natural frequency, which will heal the body, mind and spirit. Energy healing is one of the oldest and most traditional forms of healing.

Likewise, energy healing implies the acceptance of what is, but this acceptance is not, on the one hand, a defeatist resignation of the patient for the insufficiency of the clinical therapy against the disease, but a less traumatic perception that the patient is making of their pathology.

Reiki is one of the spiritual techniques used to heal the body and mind, its practitioners lay hands on the person while concentrating on transferring «universal energy», which favors self-healing; other techniques are: Prayer and distant healing; Meditation and visualization, Anthroposophic Medicine.

13) Energy Medicine Books

Energy Medicine Books

Energy Medicine encompasses all concepts of energy: Light, Sound, Electromagnetism, Body, Mind, and Spirit. Energy medicine recognizes that we are not only a body of flesh and blood, but that we are also beings of energy.

The human energy field (also known as the biofield) is composed of energy channels (meridians) and energy centers (chakras).

There are multiple applications for energy rebalancing, however, they all have the same goal; to restore the correct flow of vital energy, resulting in the improvement of several diseases.

14) Feng Shui Books

Feng Shui Books

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese technique that seeks to balance the vital energy of the person, through the distribution, decoration and orientation of the spaces in which they develop their daily activities, either their home, their work area, or places where they enjoy their leisure time.

Feng shui -literally translated from Chinese as wind and water- was originally a technique that was dedicated to the study of the changes that took place in the weather, the stars and nature and how these affected people’s Qi.

Feng shui has many edges, and analyzes in depth how should be the arrangement and content of each space we inhabit. For that reason, it is not simple to include it completely. But do not worry, if you want to enter this exciting world here we leave you our collection of books about Feng shui in PDF format.

15) Gestalt Therapy Books

Gestalt Therapy Books

If you want to learn all about one of the psychotherapy alternatives that is booming, we invite you to read our series of free Gestalt therapy books in PDF format.

Gestalt therapy aims at personal growth, the development of creativity, liberation, and self-realization of people, through the acceptance of consciousness, experience, and assimilation of their actions.

By consulting our texts you will have the possibility to know everything about this therapy, how it is carried out, what benefits it brings to the person, and what you need to apply it in your life.

16) Herbology Books

Herbology Books

Herbal medicine, herbalism or phytotherapy is the study and use of herbs for medicinal purposes. It recognizes their properties and applies them in the treatment of ailments and injuries, from a simple scrape on the knee to cancer. Herbal medicine is often associated with traditional medicine, as the latter has a long history and uses materials of natural origin. 

The scope of phytotherapy sometimes includes mushrooms and bee products, as well as minerals, shells and certain animal parts.

There is no doubt that there is some correlation between herbal medicines and conventional medicines. In fact, the World Health Organization estimates that about 25% of the drugs prescribed in the United States contain at least one active ingredient derived from plants.

17) Holistic Medicine Books

Holistic Medicine Books

Holistic medicine is considered to be a form of alternative therapy applied to medicine. It is based on the conception of the human being as a whole and not just the sum of its parts.

This type of medicine understands that a person is attacked by diseases due to environmental, social, physical, spiritual, or emotional imbalances, so the doctor becomes a mentor who guides the patient to treat and prevent the different diseases that could attack the body.

Holistic medicine as we know it today has roots in three different cultures: China, India, and Greece. This alternative medicine includes the practice of yoga, acupuncture, and homeopathy.

18) Homeopathy Books

Homeopathy Books

Homeopathy is a philosophy and medical practice based on the idea that the body has the ability to heal itself. Homeopathy originated in the late 18th century in the studies of Christian Samuel Hahnemann and has been widely practiced throughout Europe. Homeopathic medicine considers the symptoms of disease to be normal responses of the body as it attempts to regain health.

Homeopathy is based on the idea that «similar cures similar». That is, if a substance causes a symptom in a healthy person, giving the person a very small amount of the same substance could cure the disease. In theory, the homeopathic dose enhances the body’s normal healing and self-regulatory processes.

Today, advances in biological knowledge about enzymes, receptors, hormones, cascade mechanism, as well as atomic and infinitesimal physics, have opened new paths for the understanding of the mechanism of action of these remedies.

19) Hydrotherapy Books

Hydrotherapy Books

For you who want to know everything related to one of the most effective therapeutic alternatives, we have created a collection of free books on hydrotherapy in PDF format.

Hydrotherapy, according to the use given to water, is classified into mechanical hydrotherapy, thermal hydrotherapy, and chemical hydrotherapy; each one is used according to the patient’s needs.

We invite you to consult all the texts we have prepared for you so that in an easy, practical, and efficient way, you can obtain all the information you need about hydrotherapy.

20) Hypnosis Books

Hypnosis Books

According to the American Psychological Association (APA) hypnosis is an increased ability to respond to suggestion, increasing the focus of attention and reducing the perception of peripheral information.

When you are hypnotized your body enters a state of deep relaxation. Your mind becomes more receptive to the psychologist’s suggestions, and that is why it is a very effective technique for the therapeutic process.

Hypnosis has application in the fields of health, both in psychology and medicine. Evidence supports its clinical use for pain control, weight management, treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, and as an adjunct to cognitive behavior, in addition to other therapies.

21) Iriology Books

Iriology Books

Iridology is a subject that studies the relationship between the signs found in the iris and its relationship with the tendency of an organ to get sick.

It is a method to diagnose organic functional alterations or tendencies, based on the signs found in the iris such as color changes, tissue alterations, reliefs, grooves, bands… and the area in which it is located.

Its basic principles were developed by the Hungarian Ignatz von Peczely, who saw an image appear in the eyes of an owl after grabbing it by one leg and breaking it (by accident). Other authors such as the Swede Nils Liljequist expanded on it.

22) Magnet Therapy Books

Magnet Therapy Books

Magnet therapy is a complementary therapy that was created by the Mexican physician Isaac Goiz. This treatment is indicated to treat different pathologies, ranging from relieving the symptoms of a cold to freeing the patient from tumors.

It is one of the alternative uses of magnets, which represents an internationally practiced health approach that seeks to achieve the bioenergetic balance of the human body, that is, the natural state of health known as “homeostasis”.

Therapy with magnets placed at strategic points in the human body seeks to study, detect, classify, measure and balance the pH, thus eliminating pathogenic bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. In this way, it provides a natural, physiological and effective aid to the organism to balance the health of the individual.

23) Massages Books

Massages Books

Massage is the activity of rubbing, pressing or hitting with a certain rhythm and intensity in various parts of the body for therapeutic, aesthetic or sporting purposes. Massage can be considered a technique, an art or even a science, since it involves biological, medical and psychological aspects, among others.

In general, massage is considered part of holistic medicine. There are many types of massage, from those that require long and gentle movements to those with short movements and more pressure on the body. Some massage therapists use oils and lotions, others do not.

  • The benefits of massage can include:
  • Reduced stress and increased relaxation.
  • Reduction of pain and muscle inflammation and tension.
  • Improved circulation, energy and alertness.
  • Decreased heart rate and blood pressure.
  • Improved immune function.

24) Medicinal Plants Books

Medicinal Plants Books

Medicinal plants are those that have properties to alleviate or cure some pathologies or physical or mental ailments. They are used in many different ways and for different diseases and conditions.

Some plants have been used for hundreds of years and others have more recent applications, supported by new research and discoveries. The parts or extracts of these plants are used in infusions, ointments, creams, tablets, capsules or other formats.

The efficacy of medicinal plants is due to the fact that they contain useful substances for certain ailments. Traditional medicine calls these substances active principles. Despite its natural origin, whenever a medicinal plant is taken, it must be known that they have a series of actions or effects just like the rest of the medicines.

25) Meditation Books

Meditation Books

Meditation is a training for the mind and heart that leads to greater mental and emotional freedom. It is usually associated with the major spiritual traditions, especially Buddhism, but more recently in the West it has been adapted to secular contexts including healing.

There are numerous studies that suggest that meditation can have numerous health benefits. For example, if you have suffered from depression, a treatment called mindfulness-based cognitive therapy will help prevent further depression. At the same time, studies indicate that mindfulness meditation helps reduce stress, an anxiety disorder, or addictive behavior.

Meditation is a practice that is developing a great popularity in the last decade. It is becoming increasingly accessible due to the large number of instructors and qualified people who are being trained in the subject, thus becoming a global phenomenon.

26) Mindfulness Books

Mindfulness Books

Mindfulness is an old synonym for attention. The origin of the word mindfulness is found in the term sati, which in Pali means awareness, attention and remembrance.

Mindfulness is a meditation-based practice that involves training attention to be aware of the present, allowing us to recognize what is happening as it is happening, actively accepting the flow of experience as it is happening.

The reasons why the practice of mindfulness has acquired relevance within psychological therapies are basically twofold. On the one hand, its important influence on the construction of the personality and, on the other hand, the fact of analyzing the circumstances that surround us and our own feelings without prejudice and without previous assessments, whether positive or negative, is fundamental to overcoming the processes of anxiety and depression.

27) Music Therapy Books

Music Therapy Books

Music therapy is the scientific application of the art of music and dance with therapeutic and preventive purposes, to help increase and restore the mental and physical health of the human being, through the action of the professional music therapist.

The music therapist not only uses music to listen and enjoy it, but also uses its components (melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics …), the body, silence and various techniques and resources to address individuals or groups, according to their needs.

Music produces beneficial effects on the sensory, cognitive and motor systems (in a sedative or stimulating way), stimulates creativity, thought, language, learning and memory. It is a pleasant and enjoyable stimulus for the brain that also helps relaxation.

28) Osteopathy Books

Osteopathy Books

For all our readers who are looking for information about alternative and effective treatments, we have selected the best free osteopathy books in PDF format.

Osteopathy is about physically manipulating both bone and muscle tissue to soothe aches, pains, disorders, and injuries in the body.

In our texts, you can learn all about this treatment and its different types, such as structural osteopathy, visceral osteopathy, and cranial osteopathy.

29) Ozone Therapy Books

Ozone Therapy Books

For you who want to know everything about alternative medicine and all its options, we have created a complete series of free books on ozone therapy in PDF format.

This therapy, which consists of insufflating the organism with medicinal ozone, provides benefits such as immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory effects, and it does not generate side effects in the body.

Through our texts you can access complete and detailed information about this treatment, to know how it works, who can enjoy it, how it works and what are its advantages.

30) Pilates Books

Pilates Books

Created by Joseph H. Pilates in the early ’20s of the last century, the Pilates method or Contrology is a set of exercises whose purpose is to exercise the body and mind, since through its practice, in addition to improving our physical condition, we increase our capacity for control and concentration.

There are several modalities of Pilates, but two are the most important: the one that is practiced on the floor, known as Pilates Mat (or mat), and Pilates Reformer, which is performed on special stretchers. According to the level of the participants, the learning and routines progress.

Like many other types of exercise, Pilates increases metabolism promotes respiratory control and circulatory function and improves bone density and muscle tone. And like yoga, it helps to “stay centered” and calm tensions.

31) Reflexology Books

Reflexology Books

The reflexology technique is based on the fact that the different parts of the body are reflected in the soles of the feet and that by massaging these parts, they are indirectly massaged or reflect these other areas of the body; hence the name of the therapy. Through reflexology one can treat the organs, muscles and other parts of the body, stimulating the body’s own self-healing mechanisms.

Reflexology is part of the set of alternative or complementary medicines that treats both the physical part of the organism, as well as the emotional part. This last factor is also very important to know how to cope with a disease or pathology and even allows to reach the origin for its healing process.

Reflexology can be an excellent and safe option to obtain significant results in terms of general health, physical and muscular discomfort and also psychological or stress. It is a safe and efficient method.

32) Reiki Books

Reiki Books

Reiki is a millenary technique or therapy with Japanese origin that Master Mikao Usui recovered at the end of the 19th century and which, since then, has spread to millions of followers all over the world.

Reiki assumes that there is a vital energy of the Universe that is everywhere: in the Cosmos, in Nature, in ourselves. When that energy flows through our body our defenses are active, and our organism can experience maximum well-being. When that energy stops flowing, diseases, stress, anxiety, and other discomforts appear.

Like most therapies inspired by Buddhism, Reiki is not a healing technique in itself, but a way to find balance and harmony in life.

33) Yoga Books

Yoga Books

Yoga is a practice that connects the body, the breath and the mind. This practice uses physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation to improve overall health. Yoga developed as a spiritual practice thousands of years ago.

There are types of yoga for everyone: for babies, pregnant women, children, for young people, for the elderly, for people with injuries, for those who want to relax, for those who want to work on flexibility, strength, balance, alignment, for those who want to sweat and burn calories, and for those who want to practice it as a couple.

The benefits of practicing Yoga are countless. There is something for everyone: weight loss, diabetes, better time management, freedom from anger, improved communication and creativity at work.

So, here ends our selection of free books about Alternative Therapy. We hope you liked it and that you already have your next book!

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